March 2007 Archives

So how are your brackets doing as we get ready to wrap up the final two days of games in the NCAA basketball tournament. When we started a couple of weeks ago, I meticulously went game by game through the tournament picking the teams who would end up in the final four and guess what? I got three out of the four teams right!

There is one problem with my picks. The only team not in the final contests on my sheet is the one I had winning it all... the Kansas Jayhawks. I had Florida coming out of the Midwest, Georgetown slamming through the East, Ohio State sliding through the South and although I had UCLA...

>> Continue reading: Final four... Awesome!!! I've got the winner

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Texans owner Bob McNair is negotiating a deal with Matt Schaub from the Atlant Falcons.

>> Continue reading: Audio Report: Texans trading for Matt Schaub

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The Texans are really close to ushering in a new era
at quarterback.

After spending part of the day negoiating a contract
with Falcons backup Matt Schaub,
Texans General Manager Rick Smith told 11 news,
"The kid is going to be our guy."

>> Continue reading: Texans say Schaub is going to be our guy

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Last night before the Rockets bumped off the Clippers at
Toyota Center I had dinner with Clyde Drexler.
Actually , he was eating and I was intruding on his space .
Always the gentleman, "The Glide" said ,"How are you doing Lew?"
He calls me Lew Alcindor instead of Butch Alsandor, close enough.

We talked about "March Madness."

You see, Drexler has been to the "Big Dance" and now he's going back.
Only this time he'll be "Dancing With the Stars."

>> Continue reading: Real men aren't afraid to dance

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The first thing I noticed about Rockets shootaround
this morning was the number of bodies on the floor.
This team might be getting healthy and ready to peak at the right time.

Yao Ming has played 2 games since missing over 2 months
with a broken bone in his leg ,and he's definitely a work in progress.

The big fellow needs to get in shape like Lewis "Scooter" Libby
needs a pardon. The sooner , the better.

>> Continue reading: Yao's back, but Rockets need to mesh.

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The Texans are expected to make the formal announcement on Clark shortly .... but Clark caught an early morning flight back to his home in California so he won't be on hand for the announcement. Clark says he's excited about becoming a Texan after signing a one year deal. He's expecting to play one of the outside linebacker spots ...after Demeco Ryans entrenched himself at the middle linebacker spot with his great rookie season in 2006.

Clark was originally drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars ...and he told me this morning that he's excited to be back in the AFC Central division.

>> Continue reading: Danny Clark already back in California

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According to free agent linebacker Danny Clark .... he has signed a deal to play for the Texans. The team has not confirmed the signing at this time ... but I expect a news conference to be held later today.
The 6-2, 245 pound Clark is hungry to get back on the playing field after being relegated to the bench last year in New Orleans. Clark was a regular starter for the Raiders in 2004 and 2005. He was waived by the Raiders in early September last year...then signed by the Saints. Clark told me yesterday that he wouldn't be interested in the Texans if he didn't think the organization would give him a legi...

>> Continue reading: Danny Clark is the newest Texan

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Sunday, March 4

Hi, it's Matt Albers reporting from Kissimmee. It's sunny out here. The games just started Thursday.

Actually, the day before our games started Wed. we went out to the golf course -- me and my two roommates, Jimmy Barthmaier and Lincoln Holdzkom, went to Kissimmee Bay to play a little golf.

>> Continue reading: Astros blog: Putting, poolside and pitching

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